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No. 599,583. Patented Feb.'22,1898.

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- VUNITED STATES `PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN E. AUKER, or EUs-HvILLE, `NEBEAsK-A- GATE.

v SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 599,583, dated February 22, 1898.

Application iiled August 14:, 1896.

T0 all whom it may col/warm Be it known that I, STEPHEN E. AUKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rushville, in the county of Sheridan and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tov make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in farm-gates, the object of the same being to provide a swinging gate which is adapted to be raised at its outer end for the purpose of avoiding an obstruction, such as a mass of snow, and in which sagging is prevented.

The invention consists of a gate made up of two uprights at the ends thereof, one or more intermediate vertical pickets, a diagonal bracing-beam to which said uprights and pickets are pivotally connected, and a series .Of horizontally-strung wires permanently secured to the inner of said uprights, stapled or otherwise fastened to said pickets, and attached to adj usting-keys in the outer of said uprights.

The invention also consists in other details of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings forming a part of this speciflcation, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved gate shown init-s closed position. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the outer upright of which the gate is made up. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the adjusting-keys for the longitudinal wires of the fence. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of thetwo part-s of the improved hinge employed by me,the same being'slightly separated one from the other.

Like reference-numerals indicate like parts in the different views.

My improved gate 1 is mounted to swing between two posts 2 and 3, being hinged to the post 2, as clearly shown. The said gate is made up of two uprights 4L and 5, respectively, one or more intermediate vertical pickets 6, and a diagonal bracing-beam 7, to

which said uprights and pickets are pivotally serial No. 602.755. No model.)

connected by means of bolts or other analogous devices 8 S. The inner post 4 has permanently secured to it a series of Wires 9 9, which extend longitudinally of the gate 1 parallel to each other and horizontally disposed. The same are stapled or otherwise secured to the pickets 6 6 andare attached at their outer ends to adjusting-keys 10 10, as clearly shown. The said keys 'l0 are rotatably mounted in suitable sockets in the post 5, each being formed with a slot or opening 1l therein', in which the ends of the wires 9 pass, and further formed with arectangular extension 12by means of which they may be turned by a suitable wrench, or, if desired, they may have a handle formed thereon for the same purpose. Latches 2O are pivotally secured to the upright 5, said latches being adapted to engage with the rectangular eXtensions 12 of the adjusting-keys to hold said keys in adjusted position.

By the construction just described it will be seen that my improved gate is adapted to be opened and closed in the usual manner and is also adapted to be raised at its outer end by means of the pivotal connection between the different parts for the purpose of avoiding an obstruction, such as a mass of snow. In case the post 2, to which the gate 1 is hinged, should lean over out of a vertical line by the weight of the gate, or for any other cause, the natural tendency of the gate would be to sag and to force the upright 5 into contact with the post 3, thereby preventing the closure of the gate. To obviate this difiiculty, the keys 10 10, to which the wires 9 are attached, are provided. By turning the upper keys 10 to the right the upper Wires 9 9 will be tightened, throwing the upper end of the upright 5 inwardly and its lower end outwardly by reason of its pivotal connection with the bracing-beam 7.

Two hinges are provided, upon which the gate 1 is hung, the upper hinge 13 being of ordinary form of construction, whereby a slight vertical movement of the gate 1 is permitted; but the lower hinge 14 is made up of the two parts 15 and 16, as clearly shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. The part 15 is permanentlysecured to the post 2, and the upper bearing-surface thereof is irregularly formed with a small depression 17 at its IOO outer edge and a similar depression 18 at its front edge. The lower bearing-face of the hinge 16 has formed near its outer edge a slight projection 19, which is adapted to lit within the socket 17 or 1S, according to the position to which the gate 1 is moved. When the gate is in its closed position, the projection 19 tits within the socket 17 and the gate is held in its closed position until moved by a power sufiicient to raise said projection out of said socket. When the gate is in its open position, the projection 19 fits wit-hin the socket 18 and said gate is held open until closed by hand.

My improved gate is extremely simple in construction, ett'ective in operation, and can be manufactured at an extremely low cost. It also obviates objections which have been niet with in the old forms of gates and is considered by me to be a great improvement in the art.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let-ters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a gate-post, of a gate mounted to swing thereon made up of a pair of uprights, one or more vertical pickets located between said uprights, a diagonal bracing-beam to which said uprights and pickets are pivotally connected, and a series of horizontally-strung, parallel wires connecting said uprights and pickets, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination with a gate-post, of a gate mounted to swing thereon made up of a pair of uprights, one or more Vertical pickets located between said uprights, a diagonal bracing-beam to which said uprights and pick ets are pivotally connected, and a series of horizontally-strung, parallel wires secured to one of said uprights, fastened to said pickets, and adjustably connected to the other of said uprights, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination with a gate-post, ot' a gate mounted to swing thereon made up of a pair of uprights, one or more vertical pickets located between said uprights, a diagonal bracing-beam to which said uprights and pickets are pivotally connected, a series of horizontally-strung, parallel wires secured to said uprights and pickets, and means attached to one of said uprights for increasing the tension of said wires, substantially as andV for the purpose described.

4E. The combination with a gate-post, of a gate mounted to swing thereon made up of a pair of uprights, one or more vertical pickets located between said uprights, a diagonal bracing-beam to which said uprights and pickets are pivotally connected, a series of horizontally-strung parallel `wires connected to one of said uprights and to said pickets, adjusting-keys in the other of said uprights to which said wires are respectively connected, and means for holding said keys in adjusted position, substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. The combination with a gate-post, of a gate mounted to swing thereon made up of a pair of uprights, one or more vertical pickets located between said uprights, a diagonal bracing-beam to which said uprights and pickets are pivotally connected, a series of horizontally-strung parallel wires secured to the inner of said uprights and to said pickets, a series of adj listing-keys mounted to rotate in suitable sockets in the outer of said uprights, said keys having slots or openings therein in which said wires are inserted and rectangular extensions, and latches pivotally connected to the outer upright and adapted to engage with the extensions of said keys to hold the latter in adjusted position, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

STEPHEN E. AUKER.

\Vitnesses:

W. W. Woon, BELLE M. Woon. 

